I>f<:c(//t/fj of Tio/lc Dorr lliihrlds, etc. IJf)? 



a coimiioii hen l!ai'lKir,v, flic net result l)eiijg tlirce youngsters 

 i'lilix' rtMifd, |.\() alinosl iiulisi iiij^uishable from the Barbary 

 nidtlirr ami the oihc/ ahiioist exactly like the hybrid fatlier, 

 till" ()iil\ (lisiiiii^uishiii.i;- mark being an extremely slight one in 

 tlif licak oT all the youngsters. P^'urther the youngsters like 

 the female parent in i)luniagc are females, and the one with 

 j'lunutge reseml>ling tlie fathei' is a very forwai'd male. 



My friend retained the hyhi-id hred fi'om tlui Turtle 

 and White Java hen and mated liim to his white parent, the 

 result b?ing one white j)ink-cyed youngster, a hen; this bird 

 also has the slight distinguishing mark on beak as mentioned 

 alu)vc. All tlle^e I'Jl,-} bred young are ds tame as the Common 

 Harl)ary. so it seems that their wild nature has l)eeii ])red out. 



Two other eggs wei-e laid and one youngster hatched, 

 1 ut probably owing to my fi'iend's interference in placing a 

 Turtle Dove's egg under the sitting white hen no more hybrids 

 were reared; she however, reared the young Turtle instead. 



The pair of Turtles before mentioned were mated and 

 had several lots of eggs, but owing to the male bird's aggres- 

 sive action to the hen in refusing to let her sit for any length 

 of time, all the other eggs were spoilt, except in the case 

 of the one mendoned above. All these birds except the 

 old AA'hite Java hen (which ni}' friend still retains) are in my 

 possession, and I hope to carry the breeding further in the 

 coming year. 



[It would be of interest if Mr. Sprankling ^lescribed 

 the "slighl distinguishing mark on b'ak " of the young hybrids. 

 -El).]. 



^DHD- 



The Common or Migratory Quail 



{Coiunilx colurnix). 

 13 Y Wksley T. Page, F.Z.S., etc. 

 SvxoNY.MS: Teirao coiuinix, Linn.; Perdix coturnix, Lath.; 

 Coiurnix communis, Bonn.; Coturnix dactylisoyians, 

 Temm.; Coturnix vulgaris, Bout.; Coturnix coturnix, 

 Licht. 



To prevent confusion, I have commenced with a list of 

 scientific synonyms, and am penning these few notes in res- 

 ponse to many requests for something about the Common Quail 



